ibis Ankara Airport
Nine minutes from Esenboğa, built for short layovers
Airport access
How you get from this hotel to the gate.
About this hotel
The nine-minute taxi ride to Esenboğa Airport is the reason to book ibis Ankara Airport over almost anything else on this list, and the hotel doesn't pretend to be more than that transfer time suggests. Rooms are contemporary but straightforward, air-conditioned and quiet enough for a short overnight before an early departure. Downstairs, a casual bar and restaurant cover dinner and a drink without requiring a taxi back into Ankara, and free parking suits anyone leaving a car for a few days of travel. Breakfast is a paid add-on rather than included, worth planning around if a flight leaves before the restaurant opens. With a 4.2 rating across more than three thousand reviews, it's a well-tested choice for travellers who value the short ride to the terminal over anything resembling a city stay.
- 9-minute airport transfer
- Free parking
- On-site bar and restaurant
- Business-ready rooms
Our take
This suits a traveller with an early flight or a short layover who wants the shortest possible ride to Esenboğa's terminal and doesn't need much beyond that. Business travellers and solo transit passengers get the most value here. Anyone hoping to spend an evening in central Ankara should look at a city hotel instead, since ibis trades every bit of that access away for the nine-minute proximity to the runway.
- Book the nine-minute taxi ahead of time if your flight lands after midnight, front desk staff can arrange it on request.
- Order breakfast the night before if you're leaving early, the paid breakfast service doesn't always open before 6am.
- Ask for a room away from the car park side if light sleep matters, the quietest rooms face the inner courtyard.
Why we love it
- The nine-minute taxi ride to the terminal
- A casual bar and restaurant right downstairs
- Free parking for longer park-and-fly trips
- A 4.2 rating backed by over 3,000 reviews
Why guests love itTravellers landing late at Esenboğa consistently point to the nine-minute taxi ride as the reason ibis Ankara Airport works, especially compared with the half-hour trips city hotels require. The rooms read as functional rather than memorable, air-conditioned and clean, with the ground-floor bar covering a late dinner without another taxi fare. Guests booking around an early departure note that breakfast doesn't open early enough for a dawn flight, so packing something or skipping it becomes part of the routine here.